Babies born on January 1 opening their eyes in the first moments of 2026 have brought great happiness to their families. The babies who said “hello” to the world in the first minutes of the new year were named Alya, Mert, İnci, Poyraz, Elif and Arya.
Babies born in the first moments of 2026 across the country have brought great happiness to families.
Minister of Family and Social Services Mahinur Özdemir Göktaş visited mothers giving birth in Ankara. Göktaş visited mother Gülsüm Kurt, who gave birth to her third child, at Bilkent City Hospital and expressed her wish that the baby would “bring prosperity and peace” to the family.
Göktaş then met Yasemin Ulutaş, mother of baby Alya, who weighed 3 kg 130 grams at birth.
Minister of Health Kemal Memişoğlu and Istanbul Governor Davut Gül also visited the first children of 2026 at Şişli Hamidiye Etfal Hospital Çayırbaşı Additional Services Building in Sarıyer.
Memişoğlu held Hümeyra, the first baby born in the new year, and Arya, who was born in the same hospital, in his arms and congratulated the family.
BORN AT 00:00
Similar joy is experienced in Van. The first baby of the year to say “hello” to the world in Erciş is named “Mert Buğra”. The baby boy of the couple Arzu and Orhan Kural, who applied to Martyr Rıdvan Çevik State Hospital, was born at 00:00. District Governor Murat Karaloğlu visited the mother and baby, congratulated the family and gave the baby a quarter of a gold coin.
The second baby of the year, born at 00:05 in the city, was named “İnci”.
FIRST BEAUTY OF THE YEAR AT ADANA “POYRAZ”
Nida Gökçe, 26 years old, gave birth to her first child in 2026 at Adana City Training and Research Hospital at 00:00. Nida Gökçe and Ömer Tabur, who are excited about becoming mothers for the first time, have named their child “Poyraz”.
THEY WERE BORN JUST 1 MINUTE
The first children of 2026 in Konya will be born one minute from Dr. Ali Kemal. Was born at Belviranlı Pediatrics and Gynecology Hospital.
At the hospital in the city center, the son of couple Cemile and Hasan Özkara, whom they named “Alparslan”, was born at 00.02.
The second baby of the year was born at 00:03 at the same hospital. It is said that the baby was named “Elif” by the couple Kader and Nevzat Taş, weighed 3 thousand 300 grams and that her mother was in very good health. Visiting the families in the hospital, Konya Governor İbrahim Akın presented gold to the families and wished the babies good health and long life.
BURSA
At Bursa City Hospital, the last children of 2025 and the first children of 2026 said “hello” to the world.
While the last child of 2025 is the son of the couple Mustafa and Merve Gökgün, named Yakup Ali, weighing 3 kg 250 grams at birth, the first child of the new year is the son of the couple Mustafa and Fatma Almaz, born weighing 3 kg 500 grams and named Alparslan.
MALATYA
The first baby of the new year was born at 00:08 at the Maternity and Pediatric Hospital affiliated with the Malatya Training and Research Hospital.
The baby was born as the fifth child of Ali and Semra Çoban, weighing 3 kg 570 grams, and was named Muhammed Ali.
